Robert Gray, an electrical engineering professor at Stanford since 1969, keeps a photo in his crowded office to remind him of the one year he had more female graduates than male.

That hasn’t happened since, and the sheer volume of the hairstyles on the women shown in the photo indicates how much time has passed since that milestone — 15 years.

Gray won a national presidential award for mentoring women in electrical engineering, and during the late 20th century, he saw universities make some progress toward educating more women in his field. But now, he says, that progress has peaked — and may even be declining. Continue Reading >>